Word: crashing
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...Times and the AP echoed the silent and unsympathetic consensus among Arab officials which was enunciated best by Lebanese Foreign Minister Farez Buez, who said that Israel should learn a lesson from the helicopter crash, and realize that it is time to leave southern Lebanon. He said the occupation of southern Lebanon had cost Israel more than all the war with the Arabs. The head of Hizbullah, Sheikh Naim Kassem, said, "The crash was a success granted...
...helicopter crash occurred while Ron and other soldiers were being transported to Israeli positions in the security zone in southern Lebanon. The security zone serves as a buffer between territory controlled by Islamic militias and Israel proper. Its purpose is to protect the Israeli civilian population from the terrorist raids and indiscriminate attacks of these Islamic militias. The "low-scale" war in southern Lebanon is not a war in which Israel wishes to be engaged. Israel has no territorial claims on Lebanon and, if Israel's own security could be guaranteed, would be happy to withdraw from the security zone...
...Israel, and for its soldiers like Ron, there has never been an option except to continue fighting in Lebanon. The alternative is to have the front line of a vicious war be in Israeli suburbs, towns and development communities. In considering the tragedy of the helicopter crash, one realizes that the concept of sacrificing for one's country is very far removed from most American youth. This is especially true here at Harvard, where the element of personal tragedy and loss that has accompanied much of history is often compressed into meaningless numbers...
...merged on their screens. Although the military says the pilots followed correct procedures, "The fighter pilots could simply have radioed the other guy for ID, but they didn't follow the normal procedure," says TIME's Edward Barnes. The close encounter has also renewed speculation about the still unsolved crash of TWA flight 800. Conspiracy buffs on the Internet were quick to point to the latest incident as evidence supporting their theory that a military screw-up caused the crash...
...Israel's Public Security Minister proposed that Israel unilaterally withdraw from the zone, saying Israeli soldiers were unnecessarily a target for Lebanese guerrillas. While Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai rejected the idea, Stewart thinks that could change. "Israel is a nation whose identity rests largely on its security. But the crash occurred within Israel's borders, without any involvement from Lebanon or Syria," he said. "There is certain to be outrage over what, exactly, these soldiers died for." Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Tuesday that the lesson of the disaster was that Israel needed to pay the "price for peace...